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I can’t believe people are mad about a 16-year-old girl wanting the earth to get better

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Jake Gyllenhaal

"The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers."

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“I worked for a financial services company in northern China.  I really wanted Hong Kong to be a light for the Chinese people to see democracy in our system.  And that’s why I got in trouble.  I downloaded some pictures of the protest onto my phone, and shared them on my personal social media.  But somehow the management of my company found out.  My boss wanted me to quit my job and sign a letter of regret.  He’d written it out for me.  But I refused, and he fired me.  He sent a letter to the whole office saying I was anti-country.  The next day the local police came to my door.  They took my blood, and my photo, and my fingerprint, and my palm print.  They charged me with ‘provoking troubles.’  It’s a crime that doesn’t require strong proof.  It’s a pocket they can put anyone in.  They made me sign a letter promising never to provoke troubles again.  And if I do, next time it won’t just be the local police who knock on my door.” (Hong Kong)

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Meritocracy is largely a myth.

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Today's burdens are the result silence in the past

“I just want things to go back to normal.  I’m middle aged.  I’m over fifty now, and I just want a stable life.  I want to pay off my loans.  I want to retire.  I can’t afford for things to get worse.  I work at a shopping mall, and Christmas is coming soon.  It’s very important for our business.  Whenever there is a protest, we have to completely close the mall.  Every day less tourists are coming, especially from mainland China.  Our shops can’t afford to pay the rent.  Soon they’ll have to close.  Most of the protestors are very young.  Maybe I’d have joined them when I was their age.  I respect them.  I understand where they’re coming from.  But they don’t know what it’s like to have burdens.  They’re not married.  They don’t have children.  A lot of them get money from their parents.  It’s easy to have dreams and ideals when you have no burdens.  I’ve always believed that Hong Kong is a part of China.  And stability is better than poverty.  What good is democracy if you’re poor?  They’d probably say I’ve traded my ideals for money.  But it isn’t money.  It’s burdens.  When they’re my age, they’ll know.” (Hong Kong)

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Location | Hamedan, Iran

Hamedan is believed to be among the oldest Iranian cities dating back earlier than 1100 BC, and also being the capital city at one point. The city is located more than 1,800 meters above sea level and has green mountainous surroundings.

Hamedan city is circular and is formed by Imam Khomeini square (or Hamedan Square as seen in the middle of the photo), the square where six main streets of the city meet. The square as we see it today was created based on a hexagram shape in 1928, designed by German planners and architects.

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New York, New York City, Empire State Building And Twin Towers,

“New York, New York City, Empire State Building and Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan Skyline”. Photo by World Trade Center Photos.

The Skylines Blog delivers great skyline pictures every day. Get in and enjoy!

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“My parents are afraid that I’ll be arrested.  I’m their daughter and they love me so much, and they don’t want anything to happen to me.  But we are students and we’re the ones who will own this place in the future.  Yes I’m only a teenager, and I’m still growing, and I’m still learning more.  But I can speak while I’m learning more.  And I know right from wrong.  Our freedoms are disappearing, and I don’t want to live in a place where I can’t speak freely about my opinion.  It’s so important to hear everyone’s opinion.  When you only look at something from one angle, it may seem perfect.  But there might be problems that you can only see from another angle.  So everyone must be free to share their angle, or things will get worse.  Some people think that protesting is pointless.  Yes China is very powerful, but everything is possible because we are fighting for the right thing.  And truth will always win.  Even if it takes one hundred years.  I’m still too young to stand on the front line, but one day I will stand up and tell the whole world that we in Hong Kong are not afraid, and that we will not hide or escape, and that we’ll always fight for freedom.” (Hong Kong)

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Fox News is truly beyond parody at this point

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SLYTHERIN: “So you send your men. They won’t find themselves a fight. They’ll only find an old man. An old man tired, but satisfied he did his duty. An old man weary from a mind more filled with memory, than it is with hope.” –Burnie Burns (The Director: Red vs Blue)

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“My patients tell me about their experiences.  But I can’t tell them about mine.  It’s frustrating.  Like the connection is so close.  Like we could be friends in different circumstances.  But it’s impossible.  I have a role to fill.  The therapist’s role is to hear.  To listen.  To help without asking.  To understand my patients’ problems, but to control my emotional response.  So I can’t tell them what I’ve been through.  I can’t tell them that I have no close relationships.  I can’t tell them that my mother didn’t want me.  That she abused me with hands and words.  That she was never happy that I existed.  As a child I was kept hidden from the outside world.  I couldn’t speak of my experiences.  I couldn’t express my emotions.  If it wasn’t for the church, I would not have survived.  The Bible was the first place I ever heard: ‘It’s good that you are alive.’  These are words that every child needs to hear.  If you go too long without hearing them, things get very dark.  And I didn’t hear them until I was seventeen.  Even today I’m constantly fighting the temptation to be alone.  It’s so difficult for me to form friendships.  I must challenge myself to trust people: that they won’t hurt me, that they won’t make fun of me, that they like spending time with me.  Because if I don’t keep fighting, I’ll spend all my time alone.  It’s so comfortable to be alone.  To become lost.  And to lose the will to live.” (Berlin, Germany)

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Guardian News: “‘You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,’ climate activist Greta Thunberg has told world leaders at the 2019 UN climate action summit in New York.”

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#Niffler?

just wanted to share this baby platypus

edit: i’m sorry for posting wrong information, it’s actually a doll made by the incredible Yulia Leonovich. thank you @teknomagic for the proper credit!!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ToysYuliaLeonovich?ref=profile_shopname